By CHASITY CAPASSO For the MVI Rostraver Township commissioners heard from two residents concerned about roads during a workshop meeting Wednesday.   To read the rest of the story, please see a copy o...

Jerome J. “Jerry” Olack, age 83, of Liberty Borough, died Jan. 19, 2022, at UPMC McKeesport Hospital. Born July 9, 1938, in McKeesport, he was the son of the late Joseph A. and Mary Cverna Olack and h...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com A lack of execution on the offensive end of the floor led to South Allegheny’s downfall Thursday night.   To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Friday’...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Not often does pomp and circumstance surround an ordinary non-section game in the middle of January.  Wednesday’s showdown between Class 4A Belle Vernon Area and Cla...

By ADAM BREWER MVI Sports In last Friday’s crushing, overtime loss to Brownville, Charleroi had a double-digit lead in the fourth quarter but wasn’t able to close the game out. The Cougars were able t...

By CHASITY CAPASSO For the MVI The Monessen Family Center (MFC) is one of the first original state-funded family centers in the region. It started in 1994 as a collaborative effort between Monessen Sc...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A standing-room-only crowd of parents packed the Ringgold School Board meeting Wednesday, fighting for the rights of their children and their right to choose – mask ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com He hasn’t taken the oath of office yet, but Elizabeth Township has a new commissioner. In a special meeting Wednesday, township Commissioners Dr. Bart Rocco, Dr. Kyle ...

Kathleen “K.C.” Richards Confer, 76, of Virginia Beach, Va., passed away on Dec. 17, 2022, surrounded by her family. Kathleen grew up in Bentleyville and lived in Tampa, Fla., and Albuquerque, N.M. Ka...

By Jeff Himler Trib Total Media A prayer vigil is planned at 6 p.m. Friday outside the Westmoreland County Courthouse to remember county residents who died from COVID-19 and to honor front line worker...

Susan Tegi, 70, of Carroll Township, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022, at Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital in Carroll Township, with her loving family by her side. She was born Oct. 23, 1951, in...

Paul E. Talaga, 64, of Monongahela, Carroll Township, passed away suddenly on Jan. 18, 2022, in St. Clair Hospital. He was born on Feb. 17, 1957, son of the late Alexander and Evelyn Gast Talaga. He g...

By JIM BUSCH For the MVI Mother Nature worked her magic Sunday to transform the Mon Valley from a drab grey-brown landscape to a sparkling white wonderland. The blanket of snow that covered our region...

Raymond “Randy” U. Margarcelli, 56, of Monessen, passed away on Jan. 12, 2022, at Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital. He was born on Nov. 29, 1965, to Fred and Elizabeth Shelasky Margarcelli in Bethes...

Charlee Wagner, 14, of Fallowfield Township and McKenna Shields, 14, of Dunlevy stocked up on snacks before the Charleroi Area High School boys basketball game Tuesday evening.

William H. “Bill” Donovan, 44, of Pittsburgh, formerly of Charleroi, passed away on Friday, Jan. 14, 2022. Bill was born on July 3, 1977, in Uniontown, son of Harry W. Donovan of Fallowfield Township ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen council wants to end the practice of spending money in the city before it has council’s approval. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Wed...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com With a big non-section game looming tonight, Belle Vernon Area head coach Joe Salvino was less than pleased with his team’s performance Tuesday. Even though they w...

Mary Ann Greco Germinario, 63, of Monessen, passed away after a breakthrough case of COVID-19 on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022, in Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital. She was born on Aug. 28, 1958, in North ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Animal shelters around the country — and here in the Mon Valley — are continuing to say “thank you for being a friend” to the late Betty White and her fans. To read th...